OWINGS MILLS, Md. Ravens quarterbacks coach James Urban has worked closely with Lamar Jackson throughout his young career, and he's seen tremendous strides as far as his ability to throw downfield.Urban recently gave his latest impre sion of Jackson and the Ravens offense.If you look at all seven games so far, how do you see QB Lamar Jacksons development, and how comfortable do you see him playing in the pocket?Urban: I see improvement in some areas, and were trying to continue that improvement. Its something we set out to do the whole offseason and a lot of the work that weve set out to do were starting to see.With QB Lamar Jackson, you can see in the numbers that his pa sing has improved. What do you think has been the key for him to take that next step as a pa ser?Urban:I just think its a natural progre sion. Not to discount all the hard work that hes put in he has. Not to discount some of the schemes that weve put in; I just think its a natural progre sion. Hes in Year Four in this league, and thats the progre sion you need to make. Like I said before, if were not changing our game, then people are catching up to us or youre not getting any better. Armani Watts Jersey So, that was an area of his game that we wanted to get improved upon, and thats what hes done.Offensive coordinator Greg Roman has talked a lot about this offensive scheme and how hes built a lot more things into it so you guys can be a little more versatile. Can you talk about how QB Lamar Jackson has made adjustments in games, seeing what defenses are going to do, because they bring something unique every week and him being able to adjust to that?Urban:Yes, hes always been that way since Day One. He is not a paint by numbers kind of guy. So, we are constantly talking between series. This is what theyre doing. This is what might come up. These are what plays were liking. And then he applies the things that weve talked about and what hes seen into how were doing it. Schematically, its not written ; like, he doesnt have to do it this way. We can go various directions that we need to go within the game plan.A popular topic is about the different looks that you see, and how teams dont put stuff on film, but all of a sudden, in the first quarter, you see this look that you hadnt seen. I know you cant prepare for that specific look, but how does that affect your preparation during the week with QB Lamar Jackson, and kind Anthony Hitchens Jersey of what you look for?Urban:I dont chase ghosts, and we dont chase ghosts in our room. We dont talk about what-ifs and what could be. So, we look at the film, we study the film, and then were focused on us. Thats our goal our execution. Our mentality is, It doesnt matter how they line up, we have plays and schemes, and as long as we execute, well defeat those schemes. So, thats kind of how we go about it. I cannot prepare him for every eventuality, and he knows that. We dont try to do that; we try to learn our offense, learn what were trying to do and then apply it as it fits.Talking about QB Lamar Jacksons improvement in the pa sing game, has that opened up more po sibilities and more throws that he can make consistently enough to where you say, All right, we feel good about building that in and giving him that green light?Urban:Yes, there have been some areas where weve certainly been able to magnify that a little bit more than what its been in the past, but Eric Fisher Jersey some of that is that we have some players on the outside who are really making plays, as well with all of our wide receivers outside.A popular topic is about the different looks that you see, and how teams dont put stuff on film, but all of a sudden, in the first quarter, you see this look that you hadnt seen. I know you cant prepare for that specific look, but how does that affect your preparation during the week with QB Lamar Jackson, and kind of what you look for?Urban:I dont chase ghosts, and we dont chase ghosts in our room. We dont talk about what-ifs and what could be. So, we look at the film, we study the film, and then were focused on us. Thats our goal our execution. Our mentality is, It doesnt matter how they line up, we have plays and schemes, and as long as we execute, well defeat those schemes. So, thats kind of how we go about it. I cannot prepare him for every eventuality, and he knows that. We dont try to do that; we try to learn our offense, learn what were trying to do and then apply it as it fits.Talking about QB Lamar Jacksons improvement in the pa sing game, has that opened up more po sibilities and more throws that he can make consistently enough to where you say, All right, we feel good about building that in and giving him that green light?Urban:Yes, there have been some areas where weve certainly been able to magnify Chad Henne Jersey that a little bit more than what its been in the past, but some of that is that we have some players on the outside who are really making plays, as well with all of our wide receivers outside.Scroll to ContinueYou guys have had injuries at basically every position on the offensive side of the ball. What has impre sed you about QB Lamar Jacksons ability to handle that, and whoever is out there to just keep plugging forward and improving?Urban:Were all NFL players. Everybody that is out there with us is an NFL player, and were proud of the guys that go out there with us. It doesnt matter. The clich next man up, it is what it is, but all of these guys that are out there, many of them have lots of experience in this league more experience in terms of years than he Lamar Jackson does. So, were good to go.Were seeing QB Lamar Jackson make a lot of great throws from different arm angles this season. When you talk about athleticism Darron Lee Jersey as a quarterback, usually the connotations are as a runner, but how much does that athleticism play into what hes able to do beyond the stuff that people were doing 15 years ago?Urban:Well, look, I grew up with Randall Cunningham posters on my wall, and he made crazy plays, so its not just been 10 or 15 years. Fran Tarkenton I mean, there are guys you can name that have been crazy athletic quarterbacks that have done things. My philosophy My approach has always been that Im not going to coach him out of what hes done his whole life. What he can do natura